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CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



OREGON STATE TEACHERS' 

ASSOCIATION Western 



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OFFICERS FOR 1916 

President E. F. Carleton 

Vice-President Geo. A. Briscoe 

Executive Committee — 

Chairman E. F. Carleton 

Two-year Term H. D. Sheldon 

Two-year Term J. Percy Wells 

One-year Term Viola Ortschild 

One-year Term Wm. Parker 

One-year Term (Ex-Pres.) .— H. H. Herdman 
One-year Term ( Vice-Pres.) ....Geo. A. Briscoe 

Acting Secretary E. D. Ressler 

Acting Treasurer W. R. Rutherford 



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THE CONSTITUTION 



Article I 

This Society shall be known as the Oregon State 
Teachers' Association, Western Division. 

Article 11 

Its object shall be to promote the interests of 
Public Education, to advance the standards of the 
teaching profession, and to secure the conditions 
necessary to the greatest efficiency of teachers and 
schools. 

Article III 

Any persons actively engaged in any branch of 
educational work, including those who are preparing 
for the same, may become active members of this 
Association upon the payment of annual dues. 

Article IV 

The officers of this Association shall be a Presi- 
dent, one Vice-President, a Secretary-Treasurer, and 
an Executive Committee of eight members, of 
which committee the President, Vice-President and 
Secretary-Treasurer and retiring President shall be 
ex-officio members. 

Article V 

1. All officers of this Association except the 
Secretary-Treasurer shall be nominated by the Repre- 
sentative Council and reported on the floor of the 
General Assembly of the Association. Additional 
nominations may be made from the floor. Election 
shall be by ballot; but by unanimous vote the Secre- 
tary of the meeting may be authorized to cast the 
ballot of the meeting for any candidate. 

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2, The Secretary-Treasurer shall be elected 
annually by the Executive Committee, and may 
receive compensation in the discretion of the Execu- 
tive Committee. He shall furnish a bond in the sum 
to be fixed by the Executive Committee. 

3, Two members of the Executive Committee 
shall be elected each year, to serve for two years. 

4. At the opening session of the annual meeting 
of the Representative Council the President shall 
appoint a committee of five, to present nominations 
for the positions of President, Vice-President and 
members of the Executive Committee. This committee 
shall secure the approval of its report by the Repre- 
sentative Council before submission to the General 
Assembly of the Association. 

5. The Executive Committee shall have the power 
to fill all vacancies occurring after the annual 
meeting. 

Article VI 

The officers of this Association shall perform such 
duties and make such reports as customarily pertain 
to their respective offices and such other duties as 
may be required of them, or may be required by 
resolution of the Representative Council or of the 
Executive Committee. 

Article VII 

There shall be appointed by the President of the 
Association at the first session of the annual meeting, 
the following standing committees : 

1. A Finance Committee of three members to be 
chosen from the Executive Committee whose duty 
it shall be to audit the Treasurer's report, and all 
bills presented to the Association for payment. No 
bill shall be paid by the Treasurer except on written 
approval of the President and the Chairman, or a 
majority of the Finance Committee. 

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2, A committee of five members on Resolutions, 
the report of whieli shall be submitted to the General 
Assembly of the Association. 

3. A committee of seven members on Credentials 
of Delegates to the Representative Council, which 
shall serve at the next annual meeting of the Council. 

Article Vm 

The authority to transact the business of this 
Association at the annual meeting shall be vested in 
a Representative Council which shall consist of the 
following classes of members : 

1. At least one representative from each county 
in the State chosen by the teachers in annual institute 
or in such manner as the teachers in such county 
shall determine. The more populous counties of the 
State shall have one additional representative in the 
council for each additional hundred teachers after 
the first and major fraction thereof. 

2. Any regular association of teachers having 
more than fifteen members and having at least three 
regular meetings each year shall be entitled to a 
member on the Representative Council. Associations 
having a membership of more than one hundred 
members one year after organization shall be entitled 
to one representative for each additional hundred 
members and major fraction thereof. 

3. Each chartered college, university and normal 
school in the State of Oregon and such other educa- 
tional institutions, including scientific associations, 
as the Representative Council shall see fit to include 
in the list, shall be entitled to one representative on 
the Council. 

4. Any county or State organization of school 
officers consisting of not less than fifteen members 
and having at least one regular meeting each year 
shall be entitled to one member on the Representative 
Council. 



5. The main functions of the Representative 
Council shall be: (a) to conduct investigations aiming 
to promote the general progress of education; (b) to 
improve the financial condition, the tenure and 
general conditions of the teachers' work ; and ( c ) such 
other aims as the Council may determine. 

6. The Representative Council shall establish 
permanent committees on legislation and on investiga- 
tion of educational problems in addition to special 
committees on such topics as the administration of 
rural schools, teachers' pensions, provision for civic 
education, etc. Any member of the Association may 
be appointed to serve on special or permanent com- 
mittees without regard to his or her membership in 

.the Council, but the chairman of each committee shall 
be a member of the Council. 

7. The Representative Council shall meet on the 
day previous to the opening general sessions of the 
Association. No general sessions or sectional meetings 
shall be scheduled on the same day with the meetings 
of the Representative Council. 

8. Delegates shall not be entitled to seats in the 
permanent organization of the Representative Council 
until credentials in the form of a certificate of elec- 
tion signed by the secretary or chairman of the units 
entitled to representation, shall have been approved 
by a committee on credentials appointed by the 
President of the Association. 

9. All officers of the general Association shall be 
ex-officio officers of the Representative Council. 

Article IX 

1. Meetin:-:s of the Executive Committee shall be 
held at the call of the President, due notice being 
given, and meetings of the Committee shall be called 
by the President upon written request of three mem- 
bers of the Committee. 

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2. The Executive Committee, subject to the pro- 
visions of this Constitution, and to the direction of 
the Representative Council, shall have general charge 
of the work of the Association, and shall have power 
to do all that may be necessary to fulfil the purposes 
of the Association as herein set forth. It shall advise 
and assist the President in the preparation of pro- 
grams and in arrangements for meetings of the 
Association or its sections. It shall make all appro- 
priations and authorize all expenditures and contracts. 
The Secretary of the Association shall keep a perma- 
nent record of all its proceedings and shall present 
to the Assembly of Delegates an annual report of its 
action and recommendations. The Executive Com- 
mittee shall each year compile a detailed financial, 
report and file the same together with the minutes of 
its meetings with the State Superintendent of Public 
Instruction at Salem. 

Article X 

The annual meeting of the Oregon State Teachers' 
Association shall be held in the city of Portland at a 
time determined by the Executive Committee. 



Article XI 

The President with the advice of the Executive 
Committee shall have charge of arranging the general 
programs for the annual meeting. 



Article XII 

The annual membership dues of all members shall 
be $1.00, and in case an official journal is published 
the membership dues shall not exceed $1.50, which 
amount shall include subscription to the journal. 

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Article XIU 

Twenty-five members of the Representative 
Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 
of business. 

Article XIV 

An official journal of the Association shall be 
established bj the Executive Committee and the pro- 
ceedings of the annual meeting shall be published 
therein. 

Article XV 

This Constitution may be altered or amended at 
any regular meeting of the Representative Council 
by a two-thirds vote of the delegates present, but 
any proposed change must be submitted in writing 
and read before the Representative Council at a 
previous session. 



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